here's what it looks like today!
it turned pink on me!!
this morning...
early this morning...
last night...
whatever the name is, it sure looked lovely :). is it fragrant? love the two toned color.
yesterday...
meiyu, they all start like that. Only a few will show pink before they open the first night or even the next morning.
hehe...see, i didn't know that, tig!! ma vie, it's fragrance is very light, nothing like my yellow unknown, which makes everyone think i just baked a fresh lemon meringue pie. actually, that sounds pretty good, i think i will!!!
Gorgeous!!!
Very pretty meiyu.
A beauty, now, all you have to do is find out which name to put on it.
meiyu........very nice large flowers.. :-)
thanks hibiscus, but i thought that's why i posted it, so someone else would know what kind it is!!! hahaha!!
i'm still waiting for her to open all the way! argh!!
Well, Kyle wasn't much help, maybe Monika?
very pretty....
here she is, in full bloom....FINALLY!!!!
A white or pink suaveolens hybrid cannot be identified as long as it doesnt have distintice markings. Almost all of them look the same.
monika...what's distintice markings?????
Isn't frosty pink a suavenolens hybrid,what sets it apart?Tons of the seedlings I have ,have bloomed and they are frosty looking.One looks like frosty but it has TONs on flowers ,but they are about 1/2 the size on the the frosty looking seedling that was next to it.......
I have a seedling that looks just like Isabella, one that looks just like Shirley's Peach, etc.
now 1/2 size flowers is something to work with.
tig, brugie sent me a cutting of shirley's peach, and i thought it was one she (what do you call it when it's a plant? i don't know...animals, it would be 'bred') bred herself. i couldn't find any pics of the blooms of that one, along with some others...do you have a pic of it?
monika, i just realized maybe you meant to type distinct? i thought there was yet another flower/gardening term i had yet to learn the meaning of!! whew!! what kind of distinct markings would they have? and so, am i right then to assume this is a "pink suaveolens", if asked? is that just a generic term for all pink brugs or a certain group of pinks? i'm soooo sorry i'm very ignorant about everything, monika...please don't be upset with me if my questions seem really stupid!! i've just absolutely gone bananas over these wonderful trees, and am trying to learn more about them. thank you for sharing your expertise with me, you have no idea how i admire your gardens!!!!!!
I'll try to get out and get a picture for you today if it still has blooms. not sure how it got it's name, maybe Shirley can help us. Pink sauveolens is a generic term for a certain group of pinks, not all. it's a 'type'
OK TiG, do I have this right: Isabella is Insignis, and Frosty Pink is suaveolens? I stay confused.
you're asking me????????????? don't they both have sauveolens type flowers?
I know I did the wrong thing by putting a name on Shirley's Peach. It came to me as a Versicolor Orange and I knew that was not the right name either. Could not find a correct ID for it, so rather than send it out to many people called "unnamed" and have everyone put a name on it, I gave it that name with some help from someone on this site. Don't ask me what it is.......I don't know my brug backgrounds at all. Just grow them and love them.
Didn't Kyle say in his post on the parentage of Dr Suess and CG that FP was Insignis?? Of course my CRC may be acting up again. LOL
Shirley, I wasn't sure if there was more or what, and it is Shirley's Peach in my yard. And now hummer_nut has one too. I love it. I was just saying at first that a lot of my seedlings are turning out to look very similar to other things I already have.
u can say that again tiG :). i find great similarities with Isabela, Insignis Pink and Frostie Pink. if there ever is one that is confuse that would be me...hehehehehe. they seem to look the same to me. will photo later.
somebody help clarify this mess Please LOL!
MVR, I had all three pinks mentioned. FP looked very different with a much bigger and more rounded flower and white inside. Isabella and IP started to look alike after they got planted outside so I got rid of IP and now have only FP and Isabella, two very different looking flowers.
Very Pretty!
Thanks Snow. yes IP and Isabella looked exactly alike. Isabella is more fragrant, IP has faint scent. here's my FP
the whole FP plant
hahaha...wow...forget i asked, you guys!!! hahaha!!! i think from now on, i'll just stick to questions like, 'does it smell good', 'what color is it', and 'does it bloom alot'!!! i think trying to learn all that other stuff might take the fun out of enjoying them, for my little brain!! by the way, i was wrong when i said earlier that the fragrance was milder than my yellows...it's just as strong, i didn't know before this last flush of blooms that they don't have a strong fragrance during the hot afternoons, and i must have smelled my pink flowers during the wrong time of day last time. at dusk, throughout the whole night and into late morning, i have trouble leaving my tea table because of the wonderful fragrance!!
TiG, I've seen Frosty Pink always listed as "Insignis" but I think it was Kyle that said it was "suaveolens". Just when I thought I was starting to figure this all out, someone changes the rules, lol.
meiyu, most B. suaveolens, pink or whites, cannot be id by names. They are just B. suaveolens - hybrids. Hybridizer make selections, for instance two of my pink B. suaveolens can easy be identified by their leaves only. Leaves and flowers are different from usual B. suav. hybrids. The third has much larger flowers as the usual B. suaveolens.
The name doesnt make a plant but the beauty of its flower and willingness to bloom.
thank you, monika! while the names remain confusing to me, i do know that both my brugs are great bloomers and have a beautiful fragrance, so i'm happy!! all my brugs are getting ready for a fantastic flush of new blooms, too!!
Very beautiful Meiyu
"The name doesnt make a plant but the beauty of its flower and willingness to bloom."
ain't that the truth!!!
Now, I think Dave should make THAT the quote of the day!!!!! Dave, are you reading???? :>)
I think you should name it meiyu! How is your mom doing??